The 2013 Hyundai Elantra sedan’s four-door coupe-like styling and rakish profile translates well to the two-door model. Longer front doors push the B-pillar toward the back of the car, and the obvious lack of rear door handles help differentiate the coupe from its sedan counterpart.

Up front, the Elantra Coupe retains its large grille and sleek, curvy headlamps. The Honda Civic coupe and Kia Forte Koup have similar-shaped small grille openings, but feature more open lower fascias flanked by angular headlights.

From the side, the new Elantra Coupe looks similar to the Civic coupe down to that car’s curvy wedge shape — including the lower character line that kicks up over the rear wheel. The Kia Forte Koup is more squared off than the Elantra and Civic, and its rear window goes without the extreme fastback look.

Around back, each car has unique taillamps. The Elantra Coupe features the same sleek and curved design of the Elantra sedan while the Kia Forte Koup’s taillamps are angular. The Honda Civic coupe’s taillamps are taller and don’t creep over to the trunk lid.

Inside, the Elantra Coupe and Forte Koup both feature a more traditionally styled instrument cluster and center stack . The Honda Civic coupe, on the other hand, shares the Civic sedan’s polarizing two-tier dashboard and digital speedometer.

How does the styling of Hyundai’s compact coupe compare with the Honda Civic coupe and Kia Forte Koup? Does it have what it takes to compete in the niche segment? Give us your take in the comments section below.

Last week, many of you had mixed feelings about the redesigned 2013 Buick Enclave, with commenter skyguy saying, “Beautiful flowing design, except the grille is a Cheshire Cat wearing braces.” Commenter America thought, “The interior is amazing with this update, the exterior, though, it’s getting there.”

Some liked the update, with Hawaii saying, “Much better. Toned down the overdone dash. Looks more mainstream and less kitsch…”

Still other commenters weren’t impressed with the redesign. Adrian said the new Enclave was, “Only slightly less vomit-inducing…” and himoses expressed indifference over the crossover’s styling, saying, “Another over glorified minivan? Meh.”

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